Police brutality: MPs divided over claims of hired goons during Azimio demos
From left: Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, National Assembly Minority Leader and Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi and Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie chat outside the National Assembly precincts at Parliament Building in Nairobi on Thursday, July 27.
Kenya Kwanza MPs claimed that Azimio had hired criminals to hide behind protests to instigate violence.
The Opposition has accused the government of hiding its failure to deal with joblessness by killing innocent demonstrators.
While Kenya Kwanza defended the police over their conduct in quelling the protests, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party demanded that police officers responsible for the killings be held to account.
An adjournment to discuss police brutality witnessed during the anti-government demonstrations turned into a shouting match between lawmakers from the Opposition and their Kenya Kwanza counterparts.
The motion by Kisumu West MP Rosa Buyu provided an avenue for political blame games between the two political sides.
